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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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